Re: Question: call-process vs. shell-command

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From: Lars H}kedal
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1991 12:29

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   In article <1991Apr8.140456.2335@visix.com>, ken@visix.com (Ken Mayer) writes:
> Novice question:

> What's the difference between call-process and shell-command? What's
> the most efficient way to call 'date' to insert a formatted date/time
> stamp into a text file.

   How about (current-time-string)?

LaRS Haakedal
larsha@ifi.uio.no

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Subject: Re: Question: call-process vs. shell-command
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